{"id":1553,"date":"2015-01-29T11:57:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T11:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.golddirectcare.com\/?p=43"},"modified":"2015-01-29T11:57:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T11:57:31","slug":"what-makes-a-dpc-office-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golddirectcare.com\/2015\/01\/29\/what-makes-a-dpc-office-special\/","title":{"rendered":"What Makes a DPC Office Special?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the key differences between a conventional insurance-based primary care practice and a Direct Primary Care practice is the overall structure of the office space. (<a title=\"Update on the Office Construction\" href=\"http:\/\/news.golddirectcare.com\/2015\/01\/update-on-the-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">see the latest update on new location<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>When you first walk in, you&#8217;ll immediately notice a difference:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Instead of a large waiting area, we will have a cozy \u201clounge\u201d area. I do not call it a waiting room because patients will not actually WAIT to see me or my nurse\u00a0Meghann.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There will not be a crowded waiting room with contagious patients. There will be no front desk staff of 5-10 employees. Instead, patients who enter the door will be greeted by Meghann at the reception desk, checked in without the need to verify \u201cinsurance\u201d, and brought back into an exam room.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The exam rooms are\u00a0different, too:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The exam room as well as the rest of the space will be a warm, homey environ with lots of soft colors and natural light so patients feel relaxed.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The space will be sterile and immaculate without feeling like a a cold and impersonal\u00a0conventional office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Your visit with me will\u00a0be thorough and personalized:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Instead of visits that last 15 minute or less, patients will be in the exam room or my office for no less than 30 minutes (or even more if needed).<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There are no rushed visits with patients being filed in and out of exam rooms.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There will be no computers or kiosks in the exam room. Attention will be given to the conversation being had with the patient.\u00a0Laptops may be brought in on occasion to demonstrate medical education or show anatomical pictures, but never at the expense of patient-physician interaction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The whole focus of a DPC office is to make our patients feel relaxed and comfortable, whether they are there for a routine checkup or a sick visit.<\/p>\n<p>We want our office\u00a0to feel like our patients&#8217; true <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">medical home<\/span>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the key differences between a conventional insurance-based primary care practice and a Direct Primary Care practice is the overall structure of the office space. 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